Peonies—2-in-1!!!

Today, in this month of June, we speak of peonies, peonies that have already faded. Well, that depends on the weather, since the more it rains, obviously, and fewer flowers manage to endure. Look how beautiful it was, but now you've arrived too late. It's a pity, you can see the petals are badly damaged. And what happens beneath the petals? Well, there are some seeds starting to grow on this shrubby peony. Well then, I'll go ahead and cut. It's a very simple operation. You see, I'm going to look underneath here. I'll cut right here, at the fork of a leaf like this. Here, I've cut off this little piece here; this is my seeds. If I leave them, well, I'll slow down next year's flowering. That would be a pity. So, I'll cut off the faded flowers once. I'm going to remove all these seeds. This shrubby peony has a particular feature. It's that she has her own graft that keeps regrowing. So, you will read in the books that it absolutely must be removed, cut off. Me, I let him go. Why? Because once the first bloom has passed, well, my rootstock starts growing again. It's a herbaceous peony, and it's going to give me all red flowers. That will change things a bit for me. And then, well, when they're wilted, there, I'll cut them straight off at the base, right at the bottom, they crack and will grow back next year. Well, there you go, that's two peonies in one go. After all, it's not so bad.